She made 4-17 shots including 0-8 from three. Oops.

BTW Griner is playing her opener on ABC now. Scored their first four points, but quickly picked up two fouls and hit the bench.

Te'a Cooper looking good for LA vs Phoenix.

Cooper finished with 10 points and 2 assists in 16 minutes as her Sparks blew out Griner and the Mercury 99-75.

Te'a had a great showing today. 10 points in limited time. Joyner Holmes turned in an average performance today as well. Missing all 4 of her shots including 2 from the 3 point range.

GarlandBear84 said:

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Cooper finished with 10 points and 2 assists in 16 minutes as her Sparks blew out Griner and the Mercury 99-75.

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Wow...I only watched a little while and the teams were staying neck to neck. LA caught on fire!

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Te'a had a great showing today. 10 points in limited time. Joyner Holmes turned in an average performance today as well. Missing all 4 of her shots including 2 from the 3 point range.

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Oh Joyner. Is she ever going to find a coach that just lets her Jack up shots from anywhere? Lol.

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GarlandBear84 said:

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Cooper finished with 10 points and 2 assists in 16 minutes as her Sparks blew out Griner and the Mercury 99-75.

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Wow...I only watched a little while and the teams were staying neck to neck. LA caught on fire!

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I watched all of the game except for the last 4 minutes or so. LA was up by 4 at the half but outscored the Mercury 30-8 in the 3rd quarter to break the game open. Te'a also went 1 for 3 from beyond the arc and had 2 steals.

Here's a link to the box score for those interested:

https://www.wnba.com/game/20200725/LASPHO/

It's going to take all the rookies time to adjust. I think her even more than someone like Cooper because she doesn't have that kind of athleticism.

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GarlandBear84 said:

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She made 4-17 shots including 0-8 from three. Oops.

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Her athleticism is going to be her issue as I said on here several times.

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I thought her athleticism looked fine, had a few good quick moves to the basket. Rebounded really well. She's playing off the ball which is something she'll have to get used to and won't be able to create her shot or dump it down to Hebard. Take away her poor 3-point shooting and she was 4-9 from two point. A lot of her 3-point attempts were wide open, but regardless, it was her first WNBA game- we've seen plenty of players have poor debuts who have gone on to be all-stars.

geewago said:

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Te'a had a great showing today. 10 points in limited time. Joyner Holmes turned in an average performance today as well. Missing all 4 of her shots including 2 from the 3 point range.

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a byline for all 4 years at UT (or at least when playing the Ladybears)

geewago said:

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Te'a had a great showing today. 10 points in limited time. Joyner Holmes turned in an average performance today as well. Missing all 4 of her shots including 2 from the 3 point range.

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Joyner Holmes also added 3 rebounds and 3 assists in those 10 minutes. Pretty good if you ask me.

Everybody has different opinions and views on different matters. For those who don't agree of with their actions is best to not watch. I'm sure your view won't change their minds or theirs won't change yours. People are just different especially when you come from different back grounds. I believe some of the fans are going to have a hard time time liking our new grad transfer as she is very outspoken about these matters and has a double degree, with one in African American studies. She is going to rub a lot of fans the wrong way. You gain some fans you lose some.. Comes with the territory. People stand up for they believe in and I will leave it at that.

Anyways let's end the political debate because we are here to talk about lady bear and former lady bears.

I REALLY WISH LC COULD HAVE PLAYED.. MCGOWN GAVE VERY LITTLE EFFORT . FEVER LOOKED OUT OF BREATH

I hear you and don't like it either. I just fast forward thru any stuff I don't want to see while escaping to sports. Don't be surprised when you see college athletes making similar expressions. Griner and Kalani are making plenty of statements.

I believe everyone here believes in one's right to express their opinion. The rub is How/when/where that opinion is expressed. As it applies to Baylor WBB...I don't think that CKM will allow anyone to be disrespectful in any way. I enjoy the games highlighting causes like the T1D game...how special was that!? Or cancer awareness.
AP had a very thoughtful post as this pertains to our student athletes....here it is...



It seems that part of the "teaching process" of a university would be showing student athletes how to express opinions on difficult topics without being unnecessarily confrontational/controversial. Like, for example, kneeling during pre-game [out of solidarity] but not during the National Anthem [to show respect].

Opinions on tough topics can be expressed in a myriad of ways. Why not teach students the ways that will garner support rather than garner a negative reaction?

Respect and Forthrightness are not mutually exclusive.

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First let me state I think Sabrina I is a good player, however contrary to ESPN she did not start womens basketball and despite ESPN acting like she was the second coming of Michael Jordan she never won a National Championship. She will be a decent player but the greatest as ESPN would have you believe she will not be. Sorry just my opinion feel free to blast me but I will take Lauren Cox any day

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ESPN absolutely loved her but most of it was well-deserved. She was a generational player and did some things that no man or woman had ever accomplished before, and did it in the toughest conference in women's basketball . Yes, her team did not win a championship, but we should be careful as Lady Bears fans using that to measure one's career.

Just found the answer to my question regarding Lauren Cox not playing. My bad.

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She made 4-17 shots including 0-8 from three. Oops.

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No surprise. She is one of those great college players that will not pan out in the pros. Sure would have liked to have seen another DiDi/Ionesceu match up in the FF.

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GarlandBear84 said:

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She made 4-17 shots including 0-8 from three. Oops.

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No surprise. She is one of those great college players that will not pan out in the pros. Sure would have liked to have seen another DiDi/Ionesceu match up in the FF.

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It will be interesting to see how she does at the pro level. After all, are some defenders in the WNBA that are ALMOST as good as Didi.

My favorite sport saying it that you are never as good as your best game nor as bad as your worst. Every player has games where they just do not miss as well as games when they cannot buy a basket. I believe Sabrina began to shoot desperation 3pt shots even knowing she was off because Nurse was out and she was attempting to make up the point differential. Even in college, she would not have kept shooting if she was missing. This is not just a defense of Sabrina but every other player who had a bad shooting day in a
game.

I am always amazed when fans make rash evaluations of players based on such a little sample size. With respect to team strength, we should consider if a player or players had an above average or below average day. DD is obviously a really good defender, but Sabrina has had subpar shooting days against other teams as well. There are a lot of factors to consider when evaluating how players do against each other. The defense is a major factor but it is not the only one. Because she shut her down once does not mean she would shut her down again.

I even remember a game when Jordan scored under double figures and no one could really stop him. Sometimes a player is just off. Sometimes we do not know how much of that was defense and how much was it just the player having a bad day. If you don't think that has merit, remember that even the best free-throw shooters will sometimes miss two in a row. Now we know those misses were not the result of defense.

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Sorry then i guess DiDi is also a generational player as she stopped her cold when they played each other. All i am saying is she did not discover womens basketball and she sure was not this generational player and again I would take Lauren Cox over her any day. The worship that ESPN gave her won her the player of the year honor as Lauren was just as instrumental on a great Baylor basketball team. Also she will be good in the pro's but not what she was in college and yes her push off move to get open is excellent.

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But no one is asking us to pick one or the other... they play different positions so it's strange to make that comparison anyways. I understand loyalty to our team, but that doesn't have to come with discredit to what Ionescu accomplished in her college career.

- First player, man or woman, in NCAA history with 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, and 1,000 assists.
- NCAA all-leader, man or woman, in triple-doubles with 26 (the previous record was 12)
- NCAA record for triple-doubles in a season with 8, and she did it in back to back seasons

You just can't deny what Ionescu brought to the game. I'm not sure why she receives so much discredit. It's not her fault ESPN made her the poster child. Regardless, her records will be long-standing and we may not see anyone come close to them. That, indeed, is generational.

Will she be a great pro-player? Who knows. But certainly not fair to make any predictions based off of her first ever WNBA game. In a sport, where the athletes are already discredited enough, we should be careful as WBB of contributing to that.